Word: electively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...March 20, under the auspices of the Debating Union, it was announced last night. A. R. Sweezy '29 is the only other speaker who has been definitely chosen, but several other tentative selections have been made. It is expected that many members of the 1927 football team, including Captain-elect A. E. French '29, will be present, and one of them will speak. The Student Council has also been asked to send its representative. No decision on the question of enlarging the stadium has yet been made by the Board of Overseers...
...Wisconsin. Dr. Frank's boldly rational suggestion was that Congressional lobbyists should be recognized, dignified, legalized and set up as a Third House of Congress-"House of Technologists" was the best name he could think of at the moment. Let business, finance, agriculture, labor, transportation, education, etc., etc., elect their own variously specialized representatives to such a Third House, said Dr. Frank, so that the lines of economic force in the U. S., which no longer parallel what remains of old political demarcations, might cease colliding with and cancelling one another...
When asked by a CRIMSON reporter why he advocated popular election of federal judges he replied. "Ever since the first Constitutional Convention, the policy of the people has been becoming less and less that of Hamilton, the Conservative, and more and more that of Jefferson, the Republican. With the coming of the national convention of the people for nominating the president, the popular election of senators, the initiative, referendum, and recall the people have been tending toward supreme control of their officials. One of the main things in the way of this progressive movement is the appointment of the federal...
...arranging boxes, groups of six or 12 couples should elect their respective chairmen and apply in writing to R. A. Stout '29, 6 Westmorly, before February 17, giving the names of members and their guests...
...agent of his State, duty-bound to fight out an issue between Illinois and the U. S. Senate. Governor Small of Illinois refused to appoint a successor to Smith, lest the "vacancy" be thus admitted by Illinois to be legal. The Illinois decision last week was to re-elect Smith, if possible, next autumn rather than go to court against the Senate at once...